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Nov 4, '09, 12:06 AM
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Printed paperboard Tiger
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Wonky Enterprises in 70's toy art
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Nov 4, '09, 12:12 AM
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Fighting the good fight!
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Join Date: Jun 17, 2001
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Some of the worst artistic renders of the Enterprise I've ever seen was in the pages of Marvels Star Trek comic from the early eighties. I dont think any of the artists who worked on that series could draw the ship...especially Gil Kane! I could draw a better NCC-1701 in elementary school than the monstrosity he doodled. Kinda shocked me at the time that an established artist like Gil turned that in. Maybe he thought the inker would fix it?
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Nov 4, '09, 12:45 AM
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Star Trek Mego Customizer
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Wonky? Is that Andorian for Screwy?  |
Nov 4, '09, 2:07 AM
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hello it's me
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Join Date: Aug 9, 2001
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Not as bad as the examples above, but I used to have many of the Blish novels and this artwork always bugged me ... The actually novel of mine was on Star Trek 10
What's that extra deck in front of the secondary hull saucer pylon ?
Is that the famed bowling alley ?
http://www.rubyhightops.com/pic24/tr...sh-reader4.jpg
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Nov 4, '09, 6:43 AM
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Belgian Ba(t)d Boy
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Funky colors on the TV21 British annual from 1973 |
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Nov 4, '09, 9:15 AM
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Mego Museum's Poster Girl
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Kinda looks like the art on Star Trek Colorforms. 
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Nov 4, '09, 9:32 AM
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Poobah
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Join Date: Jun 15, 2001
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Off model stuff like this is what excites me as a toy collector, once style guides came in, toys became very bland.
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Nov 4, '09, 11:21 AM
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Star Trek Mego Customizer
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Join Date: Jan 29, 2008
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I agree with Palitoy. The early art of the 70's Trek toys gave them a unique early sci-fi look, almost a fantasy feel which made them even more collectible to me.
When I was shooting images of my large Trek collection for my book, I got to enjoy and geek out over all of these early Trek art pieces again as I shot literally hundreds of these items.
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Nov 4, '09, 12:47 PM
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The Man Wonder
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Join Date: Mar 7, 2004
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Yeah, style guides basically suck. The off-model art is fun to look at and discuss, and there is occasionally a truly great package design that shines through, with a totally different perspective. Not going to happen with rigid style guides.
Chris
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